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The Island Girls is going on tour with Rachel's Random Resources, if you wish to participate please contact me on rachel@rachelsrandomresources.com with your name, blog name, preferred post type and availability. 

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The Island Girls by Rachel Sweasey


Genre: Historical Fiction

Tour Dates: 21st - 27th October 2024

Publication Date: 21st October 2024

Publisher: Boldwood Books

Standalone Novel

Formats available: Netgalley Widget

Types of post available: Review Only

1941: For the townspeople of Poole on the Dorset coast, the war feels like it's right on their doorstep. And with more and more men leaving to fight, one fisherman’s daughter is determined to do whatever she can to help. Peggy volunteers to use her skills on the water to work with the flying boats alongside the RAF based in the harbour. But when she is asked to undertake a special mission, she will have to make a terrible choice – between her duty to her country and her only chance of happiness.


1998: Rebekah has travelled halfway around the world to take up a role on Brownsea Island. This tiny island off the coast of England is a treasure trove of natural wonder, but it still carries the scars of fighting. And when Rebekah discovers a lost letter from the war, hidden all this time, she becomes determined to deliver it, fifty years later.


But the idyllic Dorset harbour hides many more secrets, and Rebekah’s search for the truth will change her life in ways she never imagined possible…

About Rachel Sweasey


Rachel Sweasey is a historical fiction novelist. She lives in Australia, where she was born to English parents, but bases her fiction in Poole where she grew up, which provides inspiration for her WW11 stories. Her first book for Boldwood was The Last Boat Home.


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Blog Tour Schedule


Maximum 3 stops per day.  Confirmed blogs will appear here. 


21st October

  1. Jeanette's Thoughts

  2. Being Anne


22nd October

  1. Jera's Jamboree

  2. @teaandbooks90


23rd October

  1. readwithjackalope

  2. Storied Conversation


24th October

  1. Jane Hunt Writer (jolliffe01)


25th October

  1. Bookish Jottings


26th October

  1. Littlebutfiercebookdiary


27th October

  1. Yours, Chloe

  2. Bookworm86


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